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  2. Hierarchy of genres - Wikipedia

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    The hierarchy was based on a distinction between art that made an intellectual effort to "render visible the universal essence of things" (imitare in Italian) and that which merely consisted of "mechanical copying of particular appearances" (ritrarre). [2] Idealism was privileged over realism in line with Renaissance Neo-Platonist philosophy.

  3. Kerygma - Wikipedia

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    Kerygma (from Ancient Greek: κήρυγμα, kḗrygma) is a Greek word used in the New Testament for "proclamation" (see Luke 4:18-19, Romans 10:14, Gospel of Matthew 3:1). It is related to the Greek verb κηρύσσω ( kērússō ), literally meaning "to cry or proclaim as a herald" and being used in the sense of "to proclaim, announce ...

  4. History of art - Wikipedia

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    The major survivals of Buddhist art begin in the period after the Mauryans, within North India Kushan art, the Greco-Buddhist art of Gandhara and finally the "classic" period of Gupta art. Additionally, there was the Andhra school which appeared before the Gandhara school and which was based in South India. [79]

  5. Geometric art - Wikipedia

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    The late Geometric period was marked by a 1.62 metres (5 ft 4 in) amphora that was made by the Dipylon painter in around 760–750 BC. [17] The vase was a grave marker to an aristocratic woman in the Dipylon cemetery. [ 17 ]

  6. Periods in Western art history - Wikipedia

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    This is a chronological list of periods in Western art history. An art period is a phase in the development of the work of an artist, groups of artists or art movement.

  7. Genre art - Wikipedia

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    Genre art is the pictorial representation in any of various media of scenes or events from everyday life, [1] such as markets, domestic settings, interiors, parties, inn scenes, work, and street scenes. Such representations (also called genre works, genre scenes, or genre views) may be realistic

  8. Timeline of art - Wikipedia

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    3600 BC – The Mnajdra on the isle of Malta; The Ġgantija temple on the island of Gozo; Rock art at Züschen; 3700 BC – The Ħaġar Qim temple. 4000 BC – Rock paintings at Twyfelfontein; Creevykeel Court Tomb in Ireland; Rock art at Sabu-Jaddi; 4200 BC – Poulnabrone dolmen is erected in Ireland; the Rock carvings at Alta are made

  9. Medieval art - Wikipedia

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    The medieval art of the Western world covers a vast scope of time and place, with over 1000 years of art in Europe, and at certain periods in Western Asia and Northern Africa. It includes major art movements and periods, national and regional art, genres, revivals, the artists' crafts, and the artists themselves.